I’m writing this on a beautiful, sunshiny day (May 22) so it’s difficult to concentrate on one subject. Of course, it can be difficult to think of just one subject on rainy days, too. I’ll bet not many of you Jottings readers know there is a National Hanging Out Day. It’s April 19. When I […]
But, first: Ran across this George Carlin comment, and loved it: ‘If a turtle loses its shell, is it homeless or naked?? And, second: I can’t start telling you about ‘The Acupuncture Experience? without some background noise. A decade or so ago I had back surgery. Dr. Harold Portnoy diagnosed my disc problem quickly and […]
Happy New Year!
There they stand. Twenty seven 5 and 6-year-olds, squirming and waving (except for our Haley and Trevor who barely moved, including their lips) until the teacher puts a finger to her mouth. Then, total silence. Total stillness. I should have had that control over our kids at that age, or any age. Most of the […]
We tv news watchers all have our favorite deliverers. Oh, they change through the years as retirements, etc. take their toll. I’ve gone from Edward R. Morrow to Paul Harvey to Walter Cronkite to Dan Rather, etc. Then I ran across Brit Hume. He’d been covering national politics a long time before he showed up […]
I’m not a pessimist! I’m not a pessimist! I’m not a pessimist! But, doubt creeps in when I read the ancient Mayans said we are in the cusp of the end times, the end of a galactic day or time period. Their calendar ends on the end of the winter solstice, December 12, 2012. Scholars […]
Not many weeks pass without someone’s dog being featured in a news story about how they cared for a family member while they are suffering. Ma’dog Shayna isn’t a headline seeker, witness her recent reaction to my suffering body. I had, to me, a severe stomachache. Whatever relief I could bring, didn’t last long. As […]
Harvey Korman is 79. Tim Conway is 72. Ninety percent of the people who came to see them at the Soaring Eagle Casino were in the same age bracket. These are the people who watched the duo perform for many years on the Carol Burnett television show. They did single and double skits then, and […]
Not many weeks pass without someone’s dog being featured in a news story about how they cared for a family member while they are suffering. Ma’dog Shayna isn’t a headline seeker, witness her recent reaction to my suffering body. I had, to me, a severe stomachache. Whatever relief I could bring, didn’t last long. As […]
What triggered my liver was a street reporter in Detroit using a word that has become all too common when referring to how angry someone is. A man had become so upset that he shot another. The reporter said he was, ‘P—-d off!? If I’d had a rerun button I’d have played that over and […]